The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-23

There are 1ss churches in Washing
ton, D. G. -.
A snow storm began in Chicago No.
vember 10.
A special conference on the inspira-
tion of the Bible is in session at Phil
adelphia.
Rev. w. P. Quillian died very. sud-
denly, at his home, at Rutledge,
Georgia, November l, of heart disease.
Rev. H. H. Gibbons, superannu-
ated member of the N. c. Conference,
died at Mt. Olive, N. G., Nov. IA.
An Edinburgh music teacher claims
to augment the power of the voice by
means of mechanical contrivance
fitting into the palate. 49,.
Rev. Charles A. Berry, of Wolver-
hampton, England, has been elected
pastor of Plymouth church as Henry
Nafu Beecners successor.
Old Johns Street NJ. E. Church, N. /,
Y, has just celebrated its 12lst anni-
versary. That is theoldest Methodist
Church in the United States.
Mr.. T. P. White asserts that the
salts formed by fruit acids and tin are
harmless, and that poisoning by can
ued fruits must bedue to solder or other
impurities-arsenic, copper or lead.
Rev. DR.. Young J. Allen ia coming
to the United States on o visit. "
1t is virtually settled that the Rev.
Charles A. Berry, of Wolverhampton,
England, is to be called to Plymouth
Church as its pastor.
The Austrian Government has de.
cided tnat American missionaries have
no right to conduct worship in halls or
chapels, but are strictly limited to
'house-worship."
The National Convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meets at Nashville, Tenn. Nov.
1921.
The well-known Austrian violinist,
Remenpi, who spent several seasons
in this country about ten years ago,
was drowned not long since in shore
shipwreck off the coast of Madagascar.
The Western North Carolina Baptis
is publishing the names and amounts
due of all delinquent subscribers. If
all religious papers should do likewise
wouldn't there be buzz? It may be
that some of them may be driven to it
in order to protect themselves Isn't
it curious that man will fail continu-
ally TO meet this obligation, and when
reminded Of it, get mad? That's a
"queer" religion!
Virginia has twenty-seven newspa-
pers that advocate protection.
The Partido Liberal. the organ Of
the Administration, is discussing
plan for all international dollar, to
circulate in the United States and
Mexico, advocates the scheme, and
intimates that this would lead to q
further Identification of the interests
of Mexico and the Northern republic,
and would tend to obliterate trou-
bles as regards commercial transac-
tions. This points to a commercial
union as well, and the article Is re-
garded as very significant of the good
feeling of the Administration toward
the United States. The question Is
likely to be much discussed now by
the Mexican press. The advocacy of
common dollar for the entire con-
tinent by the South American Trade
Commission attracts much attention.
More than forty years ago, Bjoro-
stjerna, a literary count of Sweden
suggested that, as both poles must
have reached q suitable degree Of
cooling at the same time, the earth
might have been peopled from the
north pole with its white races, and
from the south pole with its colored
races.
The great membership Of Mr.. Spur
geon's church is often quoted, but 1t Is
not so generally known that at the
beginning Of the present year the
Metropolitan Tabernacle had a band
of 13O local preachers, and 1877 schol-
ars in its Sunday-schools, managed by
GA teachers.
A syndicate composed Of Edward
Flynn and E. A. Flynn, of New York,
with G. A. Piatt, of Livinia Station,
New York, have bought out the whole
of D. A. Appleton's interest In the
city of Port Royal and propose to
make interior railroad connections
that they predict will make Port Ro-
val the liking city of the South"
The most disastrous fire that has
ever visited Memphis occurred Nov.
II, and resulted in the destruction Of
13, 200 bales of cotton, valued at $3.50,
900. Presses and buildings are reck-
oned at $125,OOO. Insurance about
sixty per cent.